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Founded as Hokkaido’s first industrial area in the 1880s, Naebo (苗穂) has a variety of factories, warehouses and historical museums. Naebo is one stop east of Sapporo Station on the JR Line.
Sightseeing
Sapporo Beer Museum
サッポロビール博物館
5min walk from Naebo Station / 7min by bus from Sapporo Station
Inside the magnificent old red-brick brewery, built in 1890 and used until 1965, this popular museum displays the history of Sapporo Beer from the Meiji period. Inside, you can join a guided tour (reservation required) or tasting draft beer at the Star Hall.
Sapporo Beer Garden
サッポロビール園
1min walk from Sapporo Beer Museum
Next door to the Sapporo Beer Museum, this classy beer garden offers draft beer with jingisukan (Hokkaido-style mutton barbecue). It can feel crammed during the high-seasons.
Hokkaido Railway Technical Museum
北海道鉄道技術館
7min walk from Naebo Station
Train buffs will like this red-brick railway museum inside the JR Hokkaido Naebo-kojo Factory (苗穂工場), with scale models, old train cabs, obsolete equipment and old photos. Don’t miss the DMV (dual mode vehicle) and the steam locomotive C62-3. The museum is only open twice a month, but it is very popular with families. Sign in at the main gate, about 500m northeast of JR Naebo Station.
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Getting There
TRAIN
Naebo is one stop east of Sapporo on the JR Line (3min), and the local trains stop here. Naebo Station directly connected to the Ario shopping mall adjoining Sapporo Beer Museum.
SUBWAY
Higashi-kuyakusho-mae (東区役所前), two stops north of Sapporo on the Toho Line (for Sakaemachi), is the nearest station to the Sapporo Beer Museum.
BUS
Chuo Bus 188 runs to Sapporo Beer Museum from Sapporo Station north gate stop 2 (7min).
Getting Around
BUS
Chuo Bus Sapporo Walk 88, which travels the city center, leaves from Tokyu department store south gate in front of Sapporo Station between 7am and 11pm. Bus 88 stops at Sapporo Factory, Sapporo Beer Garden, Bus Center, Odori Park and Tokeidai-mae (in front of the Clock Tower).
Naebo Station
苗穂 | 나에보
Address：North 3 East 11, Chuo-ku, Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido
Distance：1.9km from Sapporo Station
Elevation：15m